Image source: The Motley Fool.Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT)Q4 2017 Earnings Conference CallMarch 2, 2018 11:00 a.m. ETContents:Prepared RemarksQuestions and AnswersCall ParticipantsPrepared Remarks:OperatorGood day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Ashford Hospitality Trust's Fourth-Quarter 2017 Earnings Call. The conference is being recorded and at this time, I'd like to turn the floor over to Joe Calabrese with the financial relations board.Joe Calabrese -- Financial Relations BoardThanks, Rick. Good day, everyone, and welcome to today's conference call to review the results for Ashford Hospitality Trust for the fourth quarter of 2017 and to update you on recent developments. On the call today will be Douglas Kessler, president and chief executive officer; Deric Eubanks, chief financial officer; and Jeremy Welter, executive vice president of asset management. The results, as well as notice of the accessibility of this conference call on a listen-only basis of the internet, were distributed yesterday afternoon in the press release that has been covered by the financial media.At this time, let me remind you that certain statements and assumptions in this conference call contain or are based upon forward-looking information are being made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, uncertainties, and known or unknown risks, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These risk factors are more fully discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements included in this conference call are only made as of the date of this call, and the company is not obligated to publicly update or revise them.10 stocks we like better than Ashford Hospitality TrustWhen investing geniuses David and Tom Gardner have a stock tip, it can pay to listen. After all, Continue Reading

The storm brutal winter blizzard that forced the NFL to postpone the Eagles-Vikings game in Philadelphia Sunday night is also playing havoc with the Fordham Rams travel schedule. Fordham's road trip from hell began in the early morning hours of Sunday when the team met at their Rose Hill campus for the bus trip to LaGuardia Airport. The Rams were set to jet to Atlanta where they were to meet Georgia Tech in a noon game Monday. Those plans quickly fell through. "I got a call from (Georgia Tech coach) Paul Hewitt and he was concerned that some of his kids wouldn't be able to make it back to school in time for the game after being home for Christmas," Fordham coach Tom Pecora said. "They were having snow down in Atlanta, too, and there were a lot of flights into Atlanta that were cancelled." Fordham's game with Georgia Tech was then cancelled as well. So the Rams, who were set to fly from Atlanta to San Francisco where they are to compete in the Cable Car Classic in Santa Clara, California, decided instead to fly from New York straight to San Francisco – only the storm that has crippled the city and much of the east coast – resulted in Fordham's Delta flight being scrubbed as well. That's when the odyssey got even more complicated. "Our flight to California got cancelled just as we were pulling into LaGuardia," Pecora said by phone on the team bus. "So we never unpacked the bus and decided to drive to Pittsburgh. With all the cancellations and the backed-up Christmas travelers, we thought we'd never get out of LaGuardia. "Robert Morris University to practice at the Pittsburgh-based school Monday night before flying on to San Francisco Tuesday morning for the Cable Car Classic which begins Wednesday. The team bus departed LaGuardia around 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon and by 8 p.m. Sunday night had managed to reach only Princeton, New Jersey, where it broke down. "It took us over six hours to get to Princeton," Pecora said. "It's been Continue Reading